Lev Biryuk

Lev Vasiylovych Biryuk (Ukrainian: Лев Васильович Бірюк; born on 31 May 1946), is a Ukrainian politician who had served as the member of the Verkhovna Rada from 2005 to 2012.

In 2011, he was awarded with Order of Merit, III class.

Biography

Lev Biryuk was born on 31 May 1946, in Horodnia, Chernihiv region. In 1956 the family moved to Khmelnytsky.

Education Biryuk studied in secondary school No. 1 in Khmelnitsky, in 1988 he graduated from Kamenetz-Podolsk Pedagogical Institute (in absentia), as a teacher of physical culture and sports. He was the Chairman of the Subcommittee on the organization of Verkhonva Rada Committee on Rules, Ethics and Support to Work of the Verkhovna Rada.

He was the Counting Board Member of the 6th Verkhovna Rada.

He had been a member of the Permanent Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. He was the head of the Group for Interparliamentary Relations with Libya.

He was a member of the Group for Interparliamentary Relations with the United Kingdom, United States, Germany, Denmark, Vietnam, Montenegro, South Africa, the Netherlands, France and Italy

In 2012 he was not re-elected into parliament

Social activities

A member of the People's Movement of Ukraine (Rukh):

Chairman of Khmelnytsky city organization of Rukh (in 1989–1999) Head of Organising Office of the Rukh Secretariat (1992–1993) Member of the Central Office of Rukh (1992–1999) Chairman of Khmelnytsky city organization of Rukh (1994–1997) Chairman of Khmelnitsky regional organization of Rukh (1997–1999)

Family Lev Biryuk is married with two children: daughter Yuliya and son Dmytro; his wife Nataliya is and engineer at "Oblpalyvo" company.